One of the oldest types of New England fishing and trading vessels. It is schooner rigged, with a false stern and narrow transom that runs beyond the rudder at deck level.), sloopSloop. A sailing vessel with a single fore-and-aft rigged mast. boats (Muscongus Bay BoatsMuscongus Bay Boat.
â¢ ENDOSKELETON (noun). The noun ENDOSKELETON has 1 sense: 1. the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates). Familiarity information: ENDOSKELETON used as a noun is very rare.
Among the lower chordates (acraniates) the endoskeleton is a long axial structure called a cord. In vertebrates the endoskeleton is divided into the axial skeleton, the skull (the bony framework of the head), and the skeleton of the extremities.n animals and humans, the collective hard tissue that supports the body and protects it from mechanical injury. There are external and internal skeletons. Most invertebrates have an external skeleton, usually in the form of a shell or cuticle.